Hi all,

I’m not going to post a review, but wanted to put this out there to the community as I’ve been thinking about this for a while now and have been torn over whether to post this as I know I’m new and don’t really have any credibility at all. As I’m sure some of you have seen..., I received an order from Kootenay a couple of weeks ago and I was pretty stoked given their platinum selection of great strains and potency. I was really excited about their PG-13 strain as G-13 was one of the first quad flowers I ever tried back in Michigan in the 90’s and the first time I have seen this strain since. Outside of some issues signing up, getting access was straight forward and I was approved pretty quickly all things considered.

I’d read a bunch of reviews which were mostly really good, so being able to select some strains that the community were talking about, along with selecting some strains which I personally thought were going to be a very enjoyable experience, was definitely exciting. From order to door was about 2 days which was great and I received all 6 strains no problem.

This is where things start is get murky for me and the reason why I wanted to post. For all the hype and marketing about these flowers being platinum and really great, I’ve been left feeling very un-impressed with the flowers. The flower themselves look absolutely amazing, some of the best bud I have ever seen, with lots of crystals, big buds but lacking a bit in the smell department. Then I tried smoking them.

I’ve been smoking bud for well over 20yrs and I’m a bong guy. Upon breaking up the buds, I found it a bit odd that such great looking flower with tons of crystals was not really sticky at all and again, the nose was not very strong. Taking rips from the bong and the taste was decent, but nothing to write home about. I was expecting some heavy hitters and was excited to experience the effects of these supposedly platinum flowers. Lets just say that I’ve been trying, to little or no effect, to get the heavy effects from these strains and I’m just not getting it. That’s why I’ve been holding out on posting as I thought maybe it’s me, I’ll give these another shot to see if maybe it’s just me or the particular day I’m smoking (I’m a daily smoker). Some of the strains will tease with some effects after smoking, but by the 30min mark, it feels like I haven’t smoked anything. This includes the Cactus Breath strain which folks have been going crazy over and folks have written reviews on here saying the same.

Is anyone else having a similar experience to me? to say that I’m underwhelmed is an understatement - probably the biggest disappointment I’ve had to date when ordering from MOM’s. I’ll continue to try these with an open mind, but I’m just not getting the effects.

Next question I’m sure from folks is to contact the MOM. I’m a bit hesitant as I did approach him early on after the order about one of the jars as it had 1.3g of leaf in the 7g jar (by far the worst I’ve seen since ordering with MOM’s) - I was really nice about the email and didn’t ask for anything and I basically got a response saying, thanks, I’ll let the grower know (no apologies, nothing). So I wasn’t expecting to get anything in the customer service department if I sent an email back saying the potency of his platinum strains are questionable as he would probably think I’m looking for something for free. I just want heavy hitting buds (I even emailed them before putting in the order asking for their heavy hitters and they confirmed that what I wanted to order was indeed heavy hitting, I even ended up ordering a strain they recommended).

So, while I really want to like this MOM given their selection of great strains, my actual experience with those strains has been terrible 9I wonder who the grower(s) are?). I’m wondering if anyone else has had a similar experience or whether my tolerance has decided to only increase when trying buds from Kootenay craft.

Hoping I’m not crazy and sorry for the novel. Just feeling really disappointed by this experience.

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This is a winner! Strong nose and taste, reminds me of fermenting oranges, tasty to the last puff on a joint, very solid buzz for a sativa leaning hybrid. Awesome smoke, I’ve seen lots of others rave about it as well.... True quad.See More

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Real good smoke, but mild potency, mild terps.

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Impressive terps, but comes with a harshness that taints the pleasure of smoking it. Didn’t try vaping it, probably amazing in a vape.

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Long story short, this came in very dry, still a good smoke but def not the freshness I’m used to from KC.